Lottery commercial takes no chances with MJZ
THE LATEST ILLINOIS LOTTERY COMMERCIAL, this one for the Mega Millions game, via Energy BBDO, was directed by bi-coastal MJZ’s Dante Ariola and edited by Peepshow Post of
THE LATEST ILLINOIS LOTTERY COMMERCIAL, this one for the Mega Millions game, via Energy BBDO, was directed by bi-coastal MJZ’s Dante Ariola and edited by Peepshow Post of
It sure looks like the new syndicated “The Nate Berkus Show,” from Harpo Productions/Sony Pictures Television (SPT), will be produced at Harpo’s West Side studios.
Although no
MULTI-TALENTED ANDY RICHTER, Conan O’Brien’s former writer and sidekick, is back atop the list of commercial directors represented by Story, now that “Late Show with Conan O’Brien”
Grand Rapids has earned bragging rights to “the world’s largest sound stage” as Hangar42 Studios’ 450,000-sq. ft. full-service film production studio opens for business in that West Michigan city.
The lighting class of Dave Moravec of Pixel Brothers, a part-time Columbia College instructor for many years, had the distinction of inaugurating Columbia College’s new $21 million Media Production Center
WYCC-Ch. 20 is seeking relationships with independent producers, in which WYCC can serve as the presenting station for co-productions to air on Ch. 20 and to offer the program to
You win some, you lose some. Michigan knows, winning a new production company that plans to open a $20 million film studio in Clinton Township (90 minutes northeast of
It goes without saying that Kartemquin docs always attract an enthusiastic audience, but it is a rarity when one of them sells out two weeks in advance of the screening
CHICAGOANS AT SUNDANCE expected this weekend at Park City, Utah include Fox TV’s Robin Robinson and Ch. 7’s Sylvia Perez, providing TV coverage of the
VINCE VAUGHN will team up with director Ron Howard for the first time this spring on an untitled comedy about infidelity. Vaughn always can be
The state of Hawaii laid off most of its film office employees, to an outcry from film industry executives and artists who warned that Hawaii may miss out on some
Simage Network has ambitious plans for the year ahead and is seeking new ideas to be part of them.
“We are taking pitches for
IN TWO SPOTS for Advocate Lutheran General/Hoffman York, Milwaukee, Robert von Bjal, placed live action performances into a virtual set, comprised of synthetic lighting and projection.
Milwaukee digital marketing firm Fullhouse Interactive will expand its Chicago presence mid-month, as client MillerCoors rolls out a Super Bowl mobile game that Fullhouse developed for the brewery.
The partners of Chicago’s first hybrid digital media company, Utopic, officially opening for business Jan. 4 in River West, are perched on the crest of the first major transformation of
THE SUPER SECRETIVE WACHOWSKIS may be ramping up their next movie, with Huffington Post publisher and politico Ariana Huffington, of all people, involved in it. Photos
“ER” executive producer John Wells is returning to Chicago Jan. 13 to shoot scenes for the pilot for his new Showtime series, “Shameless,” starring William H. Macy.
Evening news anchor Cheryl Burton and morning anchor Hosea Sanders host the Dec. 19 debut episode of “Heart & Soul,” Ch. 7’s quarterly series profiling cultural figures in Chicago’s African
THE SUPER SECRETIVE WACHOWSKIS may be ramping up their next movie, with Huffington Post publisher and politico Ariana Huffington, of all people, involved in it.
The announcement that Oprah’s Harpo Production would remain in Chicago after Oprah’s syndicated show ends in September, 2011, was the best Christmas gift Harpo employees and the company’s many local